Pieter J Lalleman – författare

The papers in this volume are less a commemoration of the Reformation than a discussion of its meaning in the era after 2017. What is celebrated in 2017 is not the Reformation as such, but the beginning of the Reformation. It was the dynamics of the "new" theology of Luther and Calvin that caused a radical change with global effects. Reformation is not just an historical event but an ongoing movement of renewal and change. The message of the Reformation constantly challenges us to think through positions, actions, attitudes, and programs.This book presents contributions from eleven experts from all over Europe, who deal with their various topics on the conviction that the essence of Luther''s theology does not need to be adapted to make it relevant. The papers originated at the 2016 conference of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians, which was held in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

On 13 May 2009 Dr Nigel G. Wright celebrated his sixtieth birthday. For this occasion friends and colleagues presented him with a Festschrift which reflects his career as a radical baptist leader and theologian. Over the past decades he has played a leading role in the Baptist movement in Britain and worldwide. The contributors to Challenging to change: dialogues with a radical baptist theologian interact with aspects of Wright''s activities and writings so far. The spelling of baptist with a small b in the subtitle of this book reflects Wright''s own usage: baptist refers to the broader tradition of believers'' churches stemming from the radical wing of the European Reformation to which not only ''Baptist'' churches belong but also Anabaptist, Brethren, Pentecostals, Restorationists and others.This book makes a valuable contribution to the thinking of all baptists about issues such as ministry, Church and state, church planting and evangelical identity. In particular pastors, other church leaders and students will profit hugely from it - and they will be encouraged to pick up Nigel Wright''s own books.

Warum sollte man das Alte Testament noch lesen, wenn vieles davon aus vergangenen Jahrtausenden stammt? Pieter Lalleman zeigt leidenschaftlich, welche einzigartigen Einsichten im ersten Teil der Bibel stecken und was uns fehlen würde, wenn wir das Alte Testament nicht hätten. Zu Themen wie Politik, Sex, Zweifel, Leid, Umwelt u.a. sagt das Alte Testament viel mehr als das Neue! Lalleman schreibt leicht verständlich. Theologische Vorkenntnisse sind nicht nötig. Gesprächsfragen für Hauskreise runden das Buch ab. Eine gut lesbare Einladung zum "Gold schürfen"!